USPTO Patents Application 10561839

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10/561,839

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June 05, 2006

First Named Inventor

DEUTSCH Mordechai et al

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Examiner Name

EDWARDS Uydia E.

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Communication Pursuant to Rules 161(1) and 162 EPC Dated 25 August 2010
From the European Patent Office Re. Application No. 08865081.7.

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Official Action Dated 14 September 2010 From the US Patent and Trademark
Office Re.: AppUcalion No. 1 1/631,737.

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Response Dated 21 September 2010 to Communication Pursuant to Rules 161(1)
and 162 FPC of 25 August 2010 From the Furopean Patent Office Re. Application
No. 08865081.7.

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/Lydia Edwards/

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03/10/2011

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